Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Simon Stevens wrote: ><Snip> > Unfortunatly this criticism includes most of the R models and especially > the R8. If I wanted to carry a camera that huge, I'd just use my > Hasselblad. Leicas are meant to be small, that's the whole reason Oskar > invented them in the first place! > > Simon Stevens I think it's easy to underestimate the feel of the R8. I think it quickly (like the Hasselblad) doesn't feel too big. But you need to take it out and shoot a few rolls with it to know for sure. I think it's a worthy design for a machine that makes 24 by 36 mm images. But on the long run I'm not sure if the world will ever think so. It's just not a casual camera. Mark Rabiner